BIOGRAPHY

Kenneth D. Padowitz, originally from New York, grew up in South Florida since 1971 and a Broward resident for 33 years. He graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in Education and from Nova SouthEastern Law School with a Juris Doctor degree. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1986 and is a member of the Federal and Appellate Bar.

A twenty-year lawyer, Ken was a former Homicide Prosecutor with the Broward County State Attorneys Office for 16 years. He is now is a Partner with the law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler. Ken has tried over 250 jury trials, including over 35 First Degree Murder trials. As an Assistant State Attorney in the Homicide Unit, Ken prosecuted many high-profile trials, which include the case against Lionel Tate, a 12 year

old indicted by a grand jury as an adult in the murder of a 6-year-old girl, Tiffany Eunich. The defendant blamed professional wrestling for the child's death. The jury convicted him of 1st degree murder.

Other notable cases include the case against Kenneth Pierce, convicted of the hit and run death of little Nicole Rae Walker. Pierce drove off the road on a Dania street and drove into a group of five children. A two-month manhunt led to the widely publicized trial and conviction of the defendant. A computer animation reenactment of the crime was introduced into evidence at trial for the first time in Florida. The appellate court upheld this visual evidence in a written opinion - the first case law in the United States to allow the use of animation in a criminal trial.

Ken is an Adjunct Professor at Nova Southeastern University Law Center for the past 17 years and has taught and lectured extensively in the areas of trial advocacy, scientific evidence and trial exhibits. He was a Faculty Instructor for the National Institute Of Trial Advocacy, Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association, University Of Florida Law School prosecutor/Public Defender course, Institute Of Police Technology and Management and the National Student Leadership Conference at American University in Washington D.C. and Stanford University in California. Ken is the Director of the Pre-Law program at American Heritage High School where he teaches students five days a week before going to court. Ken has previously sat as Chairman of a Grievance Committee for the Florida Bar, which handles matters of attorney misconduct and discipline.

Ken is frequently called upon by the news media for opinions and discussion on various legal issues being debated in the country and our community. He has appeared on 20/20 with Barbra Walters, ABC-Good Morning America, Larry King Live, The O’Riley Factor, CNN News and Headline News, CNN-The Morning Show, NBC-The Today Show, The John Walsh Show, Montell Williams, Phil Donohue, Wolf Blitzer Reports, MSNBC News, Burden of Proof, Gretta Van Susterns’ ‘The Point’, Court T.V., Forensic Files, American Justice, The Mitch Album Show, National Public Radio ‘All Things Considered’, many international television shows, a frequent legal expert on the Fox News Channel, and appeared in such publications as National Trial Lawyers Magazine, People Magazine, Rosie Magazine, Maclean’s magazine, Multimedia World, The Prosecutor Magazine, Readers Digest and the front page of The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald and Sun-Sentinel as well as numerous other magazines and newspapers across the country.